November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and it’s also Madeline’s birthday month. I am missing my girl so much. We should be preparing for an eighth birthday party and a house full of second graders. When November rolls around, I have a lot of flashbacks to our time in the NICU with Maddie. I’m reposting a…
I Am A Preemie Parent
November 10th, 2014Comments: 53
Madeline, four days after she was born. She’d just had her forehead IV removed, and was on a ventilator, IVs, umbilical cath, pulse ox, chest tubes, and was extremely swollen from the fluids being pumped into her body. The first time I was told my child was going to die, I was about seven weeks…
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- Posted in: Health and Pregnancy
I Got 99 Problems…No Actually, I Just Have One
January 12th, 2012Comments: 38
When I became pregnant with Madeline I didn’t have an obstetrician. At that point, Dr. Looove had been doing all my girlie things so I hadn’t needed a Lady Business doctor. She suggested a few OBs, but I decided against them because they delivered their patients at the old, rundown UCLA hospital. That wasn’t appealing…
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- Posted in: Family and Friends
I had a good day today. I went to the gym, and I didn’t 100% hate it. Annie didn’t nap, but she was in an awesome mood. I accomplished a fair amount on my To Do list. And then this came in the mail, addressed to The Spohr Family: It was a punch in the…
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- Posted in: Living With Loss
Homeward Bound
January 18th, 2010Comments: 92
Two years ago today was one of the greatest days ever. After 68 days of fear, longing, and worry, our little girl finally left the NICU and came home. the first time I ever walked around holding my daughter Maddie on the loose! in the sun for the first time our family When you’re in…
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- Posted in: Living With Loss
